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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. I want to read to you the FDIC’s conclusion from their An Examination of the Banking Crisis of the 1980’s and Early 1990’s. The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 High-tech employment fell from 12.1

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Signaling Caution

Independent Banker

A whopping 95 percent of ICBA members are active commercial real estate (CRE) lenders, according to the latest ICBA Community Bank Lending Survey. Community banks that are growing their CRE lending will be a focus of examination activity in 2016, adds the regulatory statement. Responsible lending. Two recent speeches by U.S.

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First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market

PYMNTS

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. The FDIC’s announcement said a private placement offering will raise at least $25 million for the bank ahead of its launch. Bloomberg listed Casey G.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

Through trial and error, the company has set up key financial pillars across payments, cash deposits, and lending. The 2017 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households shows: Approximately 6.5% Amazon Lending. Today, Amazon has expanded its business lending to the US and UK. Amazon SMB Lending.

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